Virginia Apartment Fire Injures Three, Displaces Eight

Nov. 23, 2013
A fire started apparently started by a child knocking over a lamp in a Colonial Heights apartment hospitalized three people and displaced eight.

Nov. 23--A Colonial Heights apartment fire that investigators believe started Friday after a child knocked over a lamp displaced eight people, including five children, an official said.

The blaze started shortly before 3:30 p.m. in the 2700 block of Martingale Road, and it took firefighters about 20 minutes to bring it under control, said Chesterfield Fire & EMS Lt. Jason Elmore. Three residents were treated for minor injuries.

Copyright 2013 - Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.

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